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Please, I Just Need A Little Quiet Time

by Tom Peters 

 
Cape Poge, Martha's Vineyard—My new house is in the shadow of the old Cape Poge lighthouse. As far away from organized American society as one can get. End of the world. More or less. Access only across the beach by four-wheel drive with deflated tires. No electricity. Solar panels. No phone, sporadic cellular reception. We are isolated by design.
      I read in Forbes that in 25 years my computer will be smarter than I am. My human role called into question. But here I am. At 5: 15 a.m. On Cape Poge Bay. Rowing my Steve Kaulback Adirondack Guide Boat. Waters glassy. My prow slices the surface. I disturb several diving cormorants. I am transfixed. I am in touch. I am human. I am not on I-280 in Silicon Valley. Stuck amidst 28-year-old millionaires in a traffic jam. I have--can you believe it?--thoughts.
      I'm a Divergence kinda guy. I want to walk a different path. I find that increasingly hard to do as convergence converges. Maybe it's my semi-annual review of In Search of Excellence. That book was born of curiosity and being naïve. My pal Bob Waterman and I went out in search of companies that worked. We found an abiding concern for people that went beyond lip service. A passion for listening to customers.
      That book was a product of space. Of a Fresh Look. I have a fetish about "fresh looks." I think Steve Jobs is a Classic Fresh Look Guy. So, too, Charlie Schwab. And Marc Andreessen. And damn few others. I don't know Steve J's tricks. But I bet he has some. I bet he needs and gets space. Somehow. The opportunity to be human. To think. At Cape Poge. At 5: 15 a.m. In a Steve Kaulback Adirondack Guide Boat. Great stuff. Trust me. Or, please, at least think about it.
 
 
 
 
Tom Peters  is perhaps the foremost business consultant in the world. He is also the author of In Search of Excellence and A Passion for Excellence.  

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